Monday, September 29, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Internet game to raise awareness about victims of war is launched (BBC News)

A charity launches an internet game, in which the object is to help a displaced Ugandan boy find his mother. Robert Hernreich

BOSTON , Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visible Measures, the independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers and advertisers , today announced that MTV Networks (MTVN), a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), will deploy the company's market-leading Internet video metrics platform across all of MTVN's more than 340 destination Internet video sites. Robert Hernreich

TOKYO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, and Japan Internet Exchange Co. Ltd. (JPIX), the largest Internet exchange in Japan, today announced that JPIX has extended its peering fabric to the Equinix Tokyo-2 (TY2) Internet Business Exchange (IBX(R)) data center located in Shinagawa. Robert Hernreich

High-tech TV is here. AT&T Inc. today rolled out what officials call a "three-screen strategy," which links its new high-definition television service to its wireless Internet and cell phone platforms. Customers would pay about $100 for the bundle and, while... Robert Hernreich

An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific. Robert Hernreich

US lawmakers have posted on the Internet their hastily-crafted draft legislation to rescue the country's troubled financial sector, saying the unusual step was taken in the spirit of openness. Robert Hernreich

Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. Robert Hernreich

Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $30 per month. It's the first commercial network in the U.S. to use so-called WiMax technology for mobile customers. Robert Hernreich

The prime minister has welcomed the introduction of a new internet safety group as a world-leading institution. Robert Hernreich

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